By Jared Samuelson If you’re a naval integration fan, this episode is for you! Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson, a military historian with the Military Learning Gateway,* and career Marine infantryman Tim Powledge join Jared to break down Operation Albion. As World War I wound down, the Germans launched an assault on the Baltic Islands in an attempt … Continue reading Sea Control 168 – Operation Albion with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson and Tim Powledge →

By Jared Samuelson It’s a packed house on this episode of Sea Control! Sea Control host emeritus Natalie Sambhi (@securityscholar) returns to join Gilang Kembara (@barakembara) and Blake Herzinger (@bdherzinger) to discuss Indonesia’s maritime security challenges, controversial fishing policies, the national response to Chinese incursions into Indonesian waters, Indonesian naval modernization, and much more! Sea … Continue reading Sea Control 167 – Indonesia’s Maritime Security Challenges →

By Jared Samuelson Sebastian Bae (@SebastianBae) joins Jared (@jwsc03) to discuss his own development as a wargamer and designer, the genesis for Georgetown University’s new wargaming program, the Georgetown University Wargaming Society, the explosion of wargaming in both the academic world and Department of Defense and what he’s learned in his first year of teaching. … Continue reading Sea Control 166 – Georgetown’s Wargaming Program with Sebastian Bae →

By Jared Samuelson Calgary’s own Tim Choi (@timdotchoi) joins me to discuss the “new” Canadian Navy, to include the Type 31 frigates, Joint Support Ships, and offshore patrol vessels. We also dive deep into the saga of the Victoria-class submarines and the replacement for the Sea King helicopters and Aurora maritime patrol aircraft. Enjoy! Sea … Continue reading Sea Control 165 – Canadian Fleet Recapitalization with Tim Choi →

By Jared Samuelson Although Defender 2020 was just cancelled, the exercise still represented the largest movement of US forces to Europe since the end of the Cold War. Dr. Sal Mercogliano (@mercoglianos) and Johannes Peters (@uboothannes) join Jared to discuss the history and conduct of convoy operations, intra-European transit, and European reactions and contributions to … Continue reading Sea Control 164 – Defender 2020 with Dr. Sal Mercogliano and Johannes Peters →

By Jared Samuelson In this week’s episode, Dr. Nyri Bakkalian (@riversidewings) joins Jared to discuss some of the subjects of her most popular #FridayNightHistory threads. Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, the ex-CSS Stonewall and William Barker Cushing all make appearances as Dr. Bakkalian dives deep into the Japanese Civil War on the latest episode of Sea … Continue reading Sea Control 163 – Japanese-US Maritime Intersections in the 1860s with Dr. Nyri Bakkalian →

By Jared Samuelson A two-parter! Maj. Jon Frerichs (@hoplitemarine) was one of my first interview subjects after he wrote an article for Marine Corps Gazette entitled “Reinvigorating the Fleet Marine Force.” During the interview, he mentioned he had a second piece in-progress with War On The Rocks. We managed to corral one of his co-authors … Continue reading Sea Control 162 – Redesigning the Marine Corps with Jon Frerichs and Mark Nostro →

By Jared Samuelson Dr. John Cordle joins Jared (@jwsc03) to discuss Navy culture, fatigue (mostly) in the surface force, and possible solutions on episode 161 of CIMSEC’s Sea Control! Download Sea Control 161 – Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease with Dr. John Cordle Links Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease by Dr. John … Continue reading Sea Control 161 – Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease with Dr. John Cordle →

By Jared Samuelson The Australian Army’s Von Lambert and USMC’s Tyler Quinn (@tc_quinn07) discuss their January article for War on the Rocks, to include what they learned about themselves, the value of experiential learning, and what it is like to transition from a lifetime of real-life COIN operations to confronting a peer competitor in the … Continue reading Sea Control 160 – Exercise Sea Dragon with Von Lambert and Tyler Quinn →

By Jared Samuelson Legendary merchant marine scholar Dr. Sal Mercogliano (@mercoglianos) joins Jared Samuelson (@jwsc03) to discuss the state of the U.S. merchant marine, make historical comparisons to the pre-World War I fleet, and discuss last year’s Turbo Activation Exercise and Defender 2020. Also, my daughter makes an appearance shrieking in the background: SHE DOESN’T … Continue reading Sea Control 159 – All Things Merchant Marine with Dr. Sal Mercogliano →